/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11350464
Play conkers

They're chestnuts, not conkers though.

marron glace

chestnut jam
What?

roast them in your oven or microwave is good too:
https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-roast-chestnuts-in-oven-4113870

>>11350476
Not a bad idea, thanks anon.

>>11350479
Might be something we only do in France. It's nice in yoghurts, crèpes, waffles and the like.

>>11350485
yr welcome, friend. enjoy those delicious chestnuts.

>>11350476
fuck no, my sister lives in France, she brought home some fancy ones packaged one by one in a wooden case, shit was so sweet, i can't even compare it to anything, maybe to baklava

>>11350502
Well, it's a chrismas treat, you aren't supposed to have more than a couple.

Roast chestnuts are delicious in my mind, I've only seen them in Christmas movies set in New York. Are they salted?

>>11350464
roast them on an open fire

>>11350518
>Are they salted?
nope, i posted above how it's made

>>11350464
Chestnut risotto is fucking ace - add some mushrooms sauteed in butter and a little confit leek and yr in a world of opulence

>>11350464
Just roast them and eat them. No need to get fancy, they're delicious on their own.

>>11350464
The best stuffing I've ever had in my life had chestnuts in it. Don't have a recipe and I don't think I could recreate it if I tried, but that Thanksgiving was the only day I've eaten so much so fast I ended up puking.
Absolutely fucking worth it tbqfh

>>11350464
I actually didn't know chestnut jam was a thing, thanks for that anon.

I've done roasted chestnut gnocchi before that were pretty damn good- you have to know how to do gnocchi by feel, for sure, because chestnuts have a pretty different moisture/starch level than potatoes, but they can be made pretty equivalently. Roast them, pass them through the finest seive/tamis you have access to while still hot, then make gnocchi as usual. That with a brown butter sauce (bonus points: emulsify in some veal jus or similar reduction) and some roasted mushrooms is pretty godly winter food.

>>11351815
Also this. Chestnut stuffing is phenomenal. Get a good quality chicken, chestnut stuffing, simple pan gravy with some fresh herbs to finish...

>>11350464
Roast them and eat with salt & butter for a nice snack.

>>11350464
Roast them in an open fire you dumb nigger

>>11350470
When I was a kid, I used to go in my dads shed and find some epoxy resin or super glue or sumin, then just lather my conkers in the stuff. Worked great.

>>11350485
>Froggy doesn't know what to do with chestnuts
Holy fuck you've lost your ways.

>>11350464
You can roast them in the oven too, just remember to cut the skin with a knife so they won't explode when the air inside gets too hot

Picked up some with my grandma today, she even lend me her pan to grill them.

>>11350470
>>11355588
>conkers
Never heard of this before. Just looked it up. You crazy brits.

>>11350464
Jam made out of nuts? Jam Deez nuts in your face LMAO

You could make a stuffing

>>11350464
Roast them over hot coals, obviously.

>>11350464
roast them on an open fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tew1_6htqmw

>>11350470
Wrong kind of chestnut for that. You want horse chestnuts for conkers. Don't eat them though